NCSM communicates Science through its network of Science Centres to Empower People

Engage People

NCSM engage people in various activities while communicating science

Enhance Skills

NCSM enhances skills of its manpower through training and workshops

Collaboration

NCSM collaborates Nationally and Internationally for various events and development of centres

Mobile Science Exhibitions

Mobile Science Exhibitions (MSE) are basically science exhibitions on buses based on various themes of science and technology. Mobile Science Exhibition is an attempt of NCSM to communicate science in rural areas. Read More

Innovation Hub

Innovation Hub is place which provides facilities to nurture new ideas and help develop inquisitive perspective in youths of today. The Innovation hubs created by National Council of Science Museums... Read More

Virtual Gallery

Here are links to Virtual Tour of centres under NCSM and galleries therein. Read More

Blog

November 16, 2015

Science on Wheels: A Retrospective
Dr. Saroj Ghose Prelude Dr S Hussain Zaheer, then Director General of CSIR, was in his office at Delhi in a very relaxed mood after a post-lunch brief nap. That was in the last week of March in 1965. A young Curator, just returned from the USA to take charge of the Birla Industrial & […] ..

April 13, 2015

Activating the Vision for Innovation Hubs in India
Paula Gangopadhyay Chief Learning Officer, The Henry Ford Dearborn, Michigan, USA Recently, I had the distinct opportunity to be the guest of National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) at their national headquarters in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The three-day workshop held during March 26-28, 2015 ..

February 11, 2015

Figuring out plane truths
by Sowmya Rajaram Too slow. Too fast. Too much to the right and …crash. Drat. Trial two. This time, I’m a tad slower, consciously making sure I, prostrate in a contraption, don’t tug too hard at the control and tilt forward and crash. But it’s no good. I haven’t figured ..

Indian Science Museums: Creative Spaces with a Long Heritage
Gretchen Jennings I’m so happy that NCSM has a blog; I think it must be one of the very few museum blogs in India. Because museums are part of a global network today, I think it is so important for museum professionals to share their thoughts and perspectives. Right now museum global dialog has a [ ..